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Christian families assaulted, humiliated and forced into Durga Puja rituals in West Bengal village

Three Christian families in Paschim Medinipur allege three days of violence, threats and religious coercion by people identified as Bajrang Dal members; 13 people have been named in an FIR, but no arrests have been reported

Hindutva mobs in Bihar run amok, cause loss of Rs. 6 crores

A report by Maktoob Media has alleged that the violence and destruction of property by the mobs incurred loss of crores to the Muslim population as their shops and properties were attacked.

Ram Navami violence by Aaj Tak calls into question the lopsided portrayal of communally sensitive news

Even as violent incidents occurred in many Indian states, mainstream media conveniently presented a one-sided narrative

Maharashtra interfaith committee to submit report by end April

State Minister, Mangal Prabhat Lodha also spoke on the ‘Bhaichara committees’ at police stations which need to meet frequently to quell communal tensions

A right half won, evolution of women’s right to property under the Hindu Succession Act

Despite several attempts in the previous century the real change came 50 years later, in 2005. However lack of implementation and societal patriarchy has still not meant that property rights have been realised by Indian Hindu women.

Karnataka’s Shame: Cattle trader, a Muslim, beaten to death by cow vigilantes

NDTV and Telegraph both reported how 38 year old, Idrees Pasha’s body was found by the roadside at Sathnur village in Ramanagara district of Karnataka not far from Bengaluru; Puneet Kerehalli, leader of a so-called 'cow protection force', is on the run

Dalit Scholar of Wardha University faces threat to life & career  

With his PhD being unfairly held up, Rajneesh Kumar Ambedkar had to resort to a peaceful public protest; now goons have been brought in to threaten him and his protesting colleagues, even attacking them

The contentious route, a common factor in inciting violence during religious processions in India

Institutional amnesia chronically ails the state police! Myriad commissions of inquiry including the seminal Justice DP Madon Commission of Inquiry into the Bhiwandi-Mahad-Jalgaon Riots in 1970 have abjured the police from allowing indiscriminate passage to religious processions; the recommendations of these commissions and the law of the land are however not followed by the police controlled as its actions are by the executive

9 years since the passing of the NALSA judgment, has the cycle of discrimination and ostracism finally been broken for the transgender community?

On this International Transgender Day of Visibility, CJP examines the Indian state's failures and successes in advancing the welfare of the transgender community

Ram Navami: Violent Clashes in many states of India

West Bengal’ Howrah and Maharashtra’s Aurangabad witnessed stone pelting, arson

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Christian families assaulted, humiliated and forced into Durga Puja rituals in West Bengal village

Three Christian families in Paschim Medinipur allege three days of violence, threats and religious coercion by people identified as Bajrang Dal members; 13 people have been named in an FIR, but no arrests have been reported

Mumbai police detain 140 protesters as student’s demand justice for Sahil Wakode, accountability from IIT Bombay

120 tribal students also detained at Shivaji Park amid demands for accountability over alleged deaths in residential schools

Jamia students reject conditional election assurance, two continue hunger strike

After 14 days of agitation, the university has promised polls 15 days after the approval of a union constitution, but offers no deadline for that approval and demands a public apology from protesters

Two Election Commissioners complained over work allocation changes; RTI records reveal why Cabinet Secretariat declined action

RTI records reveal why Cabinet Secretariat declined action on two Election Commissioners’ complaints against a senior officer amid objections over centralised voter database control, changes in oversight and an electoral roll officer’s departure during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision exercise

Delhi High Court rejects AISA president Neha Bora’s plea against peace-bond notice, directs police to disclose material

Justice Subramonium Prasad upholds preventive proceedings over Bora’s October 16 protest, but directs the Special Executive Magistrate to follow due process and independently decide whether an interim bond is necessary

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Assam must resist sir, defend voting rights, says Guwahati Citizens’ Forum

At a protest meeting organised by the Forum for Social Harmony, speakers criticise the Election Commission and demand a time-bound completion of the NRC; police prevent demonstrators from marching out of the Press Club